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The 1933 courthouse in downtown Fort Myers, now an arts centre, Fort Myers
Fort MyersThe 1933 courthouse in downtown Fort Myers, now an arts centre
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Ocean City, Maryland?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Fort Myers for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Myers’s own page.

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Fort Myers 77, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers and Ocean City, Maryland are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Fort Myers leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Fort Myers in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
220 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersOcean City, Maryland

Where the figures come from

Fort Myers has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Ocean City, Maryland has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersOcean City, Maryland
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersOcean City, Maryland
City population86,3956,844
People per km²68173
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months3 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.